I can't be the only one mystified by Moscow's apparent acquiescence to the US-sponsored coup in Bolivia. Lavrov's number two, Sergei Ryabkov, announced on Thursday that Russia would recognize Jeanine Anez as the legitimate leader of Bolivia until the next election.
Anez doesn't have any more claim to legitimacy than Juan Guaido, which is to say none. So what's going on here?
Is this a tacit acknowledgement that Bolivia is in America's legitimate sphere of influence? If so, will there be a tacit acknowledgement coming soon from the US side that Ukraine is in Russia's legitimate sphere of influence?
If nothing else, the impeachment circus in DC might get a few more folks asking questions about how "strategic" our strategic ally Ukraine really is. Five years after being gifted "democracy" by the Americans, Ukraine remains a corruption-riddled failed state.
Swapping Ukraine for Bolivia might have some appeal in certain circles.
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Sunday, November 17, 2019
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
A really big shoe
Remember when Ed Sullivan always had "a really big show," but it sounded like he said "shoe" instead of "show?"
These days, the really big shoe is of course Impeachment Palooza. Seems to me this is brought to you by the same folks who have been renovating the historical record on American war crimes and war criminals. Henry "peace is at hand" Kissinger is a cuddly elder statesman now, still wanted as a war criminal in many jurisdictions, but that's just the result of Putinist propaganda.
America's decade and a half unprovoked brutalisation of Viet Nam was just some well-meaning folks whose good intentions were undermined by the commies in Russia and China.
Ditto the destruction of Iraq, Libya, Somalia, and various others. There's always some foreign ne're-do-wells messing up Uncle Sam's good intentions. And thank God the truth-seekers have been setting the record straight on the altruists at the CIA and the FBI, who have for years been stymied by a pinko press corps riddled with commie infiltrators.
Impeachment Palooza reveals that, at least before the racist misogynist xenophobic narcissistic retard Trump stole the Oval Office from Hillary, America NEVER asked for anything in return when doling out foreign aid or Javelin anti-tank missiles...
So make sure you watch the show! If nothing else, it'll take your mind off the tawdry goings on elsewhere in the world.
Like the US sponsored coup that just went down in Bolivia.
Like the US led sanctions that are designed to starve the children of Iran until the Ayatollahs cry "Uncle Sam."
Like the new US military bases sprouting up in the Syrian oilfields a month after American troops supposedly left the country they were illegally occupying.
Like America's trillion dollar commitment to freshening up its nuclear arsenal.
I could go on, but you probably get the drift...
Or at least you would, it you weren't too busy watching the big shoe.
These days, the really big shoe is of course Impeachment Palooza. Seems to me this is brought to you by the same folks who have been renovating the historical record on American war crimes and war criminals. Henry "peace is at hand" Kissinger is a cuddly elder statesman now, still wanted as a war criminal in many jurisdictions, but that's just the result of Putinist propaganda.
America's decade and a half unprovoked brutalisation of Viet Nam was just some well-meaning folks whose good intentions were undermined by the commies in Russia and China.
Ditto the destruction of Iraq, Libya, Somalia, and various others. There's always some foreign ne're-do-wells messing up Uncle Sam's good intentions. And thank God the truth-seekers have been setting the record straight on the altruists at the CIA and the FBI, who have for years been stymied by a pinko press corps riddled with commie infiltrators.
Impeachment Palooza reveals that, at least before the racist misogynist xenophobic narcissistic retard Trump stole the Oval Office from Hillary, America NEVER asked for anything in return when doling out foreign aid or Javelin anti-tank missiles...
So make sure you watch the show! If nothing else, it'll take your mind off the tawdry goings on elsewhere in the world.
Like the US sponsored coup that just went down in Bolivia.
Like the US led sanctions that are designed to starve the children of Iran until the Ayatollahs cry "Uncle Sam."
Like the new US military bases sprouting up in the Syrian oilfields a month after American troops supposedly left the country they were illegally occupying.
Like America's trillion dollar commitment to freshening up its nuclear arsenal.
I could go on, but you probably get the drift...
Or at least you would, it you weren't too busy watching the big shoe.
Sunday, November 10, 2019
Civil war imminent across South America
Today Carlos Mesa and his pals at the Inter-American Dialogue (yet another in a long list of Washington democracy-promotion think tanks) achieved a long-held goal; to push Evo Morales out of office.
I think their gloating may be premature.
If you zoom out for the big picture, things aren't going that great for the democracy promoters. Why Washington still thinks it has any cred when it talks about democracy gives some sense of how out of touch these people are.
In January they ran a new president up the flag-pole in Venezuela, and nobody saluted. He's still blowing gently in the breeze, his backers in Washington totally stumped that the Venezuelan people didn't rush to support an obvious US puppet.
They thought they had a happy thing going when their bumboy Bolsonaro won in Brazil, but that is rapidly unravelling. As is Chile.
The network of Washington think-tanks stirring the pot (ie massively interfering in the politics of every country in Latin America) don't have the good sense to see that their chosen leaders lack popular support. They'll keep stirring, and if they can succeed in turning the military against the leaders actually elected by the majority of the people, we'll see a repeat of the wave of US-sponsored repression that swept the region in the 70s and 80s.
What's changed is that many of these countries have had some considerable success in implementing policies that have alleviated poverty and raised the standard of living, and they've done it in open defiance of Washington. That's why Morales remains popular in Bolivia, Maduro remains popular in Venezuela, and Lula was always the favourite of the majority in Brazil. Bolsonaro only won the election because Lula was in jail on some bogus corruption charges that had American fingerprints all over them.
At the same time, American prestige and credibility is circling the drain. How many people, seeing US "democracy" on full display these past three years in DC, can possibly believe America has any business lecturing anyone else on the topic.
The Inter-American Dialogue crowd believe in "market based solutions to the reduction of poverty." Of course they do! That's why they're funded by the US government and the usual billionaire and corporate foundations!
That market based solutions to poverty have never worked anywhere and are not working in America today will not deter them.
The American model of democracy is not a commodity worthy of export.
I think their gloating may be premature.
If you zoom out for the big picture, things aren't going that great for the democracy promoters. Why Washington still thinks it has any cred when it talks about democracy gives some sense of how out of touch these people are.
In January they ran a new president up the flag-pole in Venezuela, and nobody saluted. He's still blowing gently in the breeze, his backers in Washington totally stumped that the Venezuelan people didn't rush to support an obvious US puppet.
They thought they had a happy thing going when their bumboy Bolsonaro won in Brazil, but that is rapidly unravelling. As is Chile.
The network of Washington think-tanks stirring the pot (ie massively interfering in the politics of every country in Latin America) don't have the good sense to see that their chosen leaders lack popular support. They'll keep stirring, and if they can succeed in turning the military against the leaders actually elected by the majority of the people, we'll see a repeat of the wave of US-sponsored repression that swept the region in the 70s and 80s.
What's changed is that many of these countries have had some considerable success in implementing policies that have alleviated poverty and raised the standard of living, and they've done it in open defiance of Washington. That's why Morales remains popular in Bolivia, Maduro remains popular in Venezuela, and Lula was always the favourite of the majority in Brazil. Bolsonaro only won the election because Lula was in jail on some bogus corruption charges that had American fingerprints all over them.
At the same time, American prestige and credibility is circling the drain. How many people, seeing US "democracy" on full display these past three years in DC, can possibly believe America has any business lecturing anyone else on the topic.
The Inter-American Dialogue crowd believe in "market based solutions to the reduction of poverty." Of course they do! That's why they're funded by the US government and the usual billionaire and corporate foundations!
That market based solutions to poverty have never worked anywhere and are not working in America today will not deter them.
The American model of democracy is not a commodity worthy of export.
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